Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if great aunts and uncles will be able to come to the UK under the family scheme from Ukraine.
Answer
As set out in the Home Secretary’s statement to the House on 1 March, a fee free, bespoke Ukraine Family Scheme has been introduced. The route allows both the immediate (spouse, civil partner, durable partner, minor children) and extended (parent, grandparent, adult children, grandchildren, siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, in laws and their immediate family) to join qualifying family members in the UK. This route was launched on 4 March.
Family members such as great aunts and great uncles are not listed as qualifying extended family members for the purposes of the Ukraine Family Scheme. However, the Scheme allows decision makers to apply discretion to accept and consider applications from other family members. Each case will be judged on merit taking into account the individual circumstances of the case.
Alternatively, family members in the UK may wish to consider sponsoring a great aunt or uncle under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme. This scheme offers a route to those who want to come to the UK who have someone here willing to provide them with a home. It enables individuals to volunteer accommodation and provide a route to safety for Ukrainians, and their immediate family members, forced to escape their homeland.
Further information on the process and how to apply to sponsor under the Homes for Ukraine scheme can be found here:
https://homesforukraine.campaign.gov.uk/
We are setting no limit on the numbers of people who can come here. We will be glad to welcome as many Ukrainians as wish to come.